3200+ pound car getting mid to low 14s isnt bad. take out some weight exhaust upgrade maybe better intake and ignition and you could be seeing high 13s to low 14s.

all depends on how the car takes to bolt ons and of course loosing 200+pounds will shave some time off that. take the spare tire and stock sub out, back seat, door panels, trunk carpet gotta be able to atleast get .1-.3 faster on the 1/4 mile. a few bolt ons to shred another .1-.3 off and for a decent price you could have a nice quick daily driver.

Or you can just add a CAI, exhaust and tune and push 300+ HP and not have to gut your car.

Depends on how popular the car is. Im pretty confident the new st will get some aftermarket tuning options, But for cars like the fiesta there are still no tuning options and its been out since 2010. I had a 2010 wrangler and that was the last year anyone offered a performance tune for, and for the years after that there is still no tunng options for the motors, even the new 3.6. So dont get your hopes up yet. And besides people on this form have only had the new st for what 2 weeks tops??? Its gonna take awhile to crack the encryptions.

Depends on how popular the car is. Im pretty confident the new st will get some aftermarket tuning options, But for cars like the fiesta there are still no tuning options and its been out since 2010. I had a 2010 wrangler and that was the last year anyone offered a performance tune for, and for the years after that there is still no tunng options for the motors, even the new 3.6. So dont get your hopes up yet. And besides people on this form have only had the new st for what 2 weeks tops??? Its gonna take awhile to crack the encryptions.

The difference being that naturally aspirated cars are almost pointless to tune for.

Forced induction cars make the most sense.

I'm not holding my breath for a 2.0 NA tune. A 2.0 EB? Especially since this engine now powers the Focus, Edge, Escape and Fusion? Makes a better business case.

Or you can just add a CAI, exhaust and tune and push 300+ HP and not have to gut your car.

With out knowing how the St will react to bolt ons you are making a huge guess on power gain from basic bolt ons. Also with no available tuning the next logical thing to do is gut the rear of the car and add what few bolt ons there are right now and hope for a .5 second faster 1/4 mile

I was happy to hear the tire slip during shift to 3rd gear. In my mind, the Subaru BRZ has edged ahead of the ST as a potential purchase, but admittedly the ST would school the BRZ in this kind of face-off. If only we could get the BRZ's style with the ST's powerplant.

Not a fan of the BRZ/FRS/whatever personally. It wreaks of typical Japansese styling which is utterly unappealing to me. The ST is a useful car as well, so IMO it is a much better all around car. Utility and performance in the same package.

Right. I've told the Subaru dealer that I'm not making a decision without hearing the specs of the 2014 model, which people are speculating may have a bit more juice than the current version. I don't really need an STI version, but 50 more HP would be nice.

As for the Focus ST, I'd have probably jumped on that already if it were offered in a sedan (or even better a coupe), but as a hatchback I can't do it. Super cool car though, and I find that now I'm staring at all the Foci I pass every day looking for the ST badge and grill. Still haven't seen my first one though.

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